Friday, January 26, 2007

Weirdness in Big D

First a question.Here is photo of Dallas' newest head assistant offense coordinator coach, something or other. Nobody seems particularly sure what job title owner Jerry Jones plans to anoint unto him...but I have a question...indulge me and imagine big tassle of curly hair on top there..and doesn't it look an awful lot like the Cowboys just hired this man?You decide....

And when you can a plethora of coaching positions to fill, including the penultimate one - HEAD COACH, why would you hire an underling first? Is he your HC or your OC, and if he's just going to be a coordinator, NOW you've got to find a head coach that doesn't mind the fact that you've already gone about and found yourself an OC that'll run the type of offense the OWNER wants...doesn't that effectively hamstring the incoming HC...honestly?

Why doesn't Jerry Jones just appoint himself Head Coach? The illusion that the HC of the Cowboys would really be calling the shots while he the owner was blown away last year...JJ wanted "his man" - MEO - and his Hall of Fame Coach be damned. He got his guy, and watched his team wallow once again...

Any incoming head coach - and my money is on Wade Phillips, San Diego's Def. Coordinator to attempt to optimize Dallas' under-achieving 3-4 - faces a tough, tough situation. They'd better push all the right buttons, cause if not, young-master Garrett can just tune him out...after all, JJ has just publicly shown everyone that JG is HIS Offensive guy...Moreover, knowing that, how is the HC supposed to handle his #1 prima donna, MEO? The dude will be walking on eggshells...Andy Reid's "handle everything with in-house" didn't work, tough-guy Bill Parcells, "I ain't dealing with your bullshit" approach didn't work...What to do you think MEO's first reaction to a Def-minded HC will be when the guy tries to assert his authority....I think it might go something like this: "Get your ass back to the defense." The worst part is MEO knows he can get away with it...he did all his antics, and JJ wanted him back, he spouted all his crap, caused distraction after distraction, but none of it was HIS fault...

I cannot believe I am about to type this, but I think I might actually feel sorry for the schmuck unto whom Jerry Jones bestows the title: Head Coach. He's going to be like a eunuch guarding the harem....finally right in the center of all the action and stripped of the balls needed to do anything about it....